Faith Leaders: China’s Persecution of Uyghurs One of Most Egregious ‘Since Holocaust’

Dozens of prominent faith leaders have denounced China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims as “one of the most egregious human tragedies since the Holocaust.”

In their strongly worded declaration, the faith leaders — who include Catholic bishops and cardinals, Protestant bishops and pastors, Buddhist leaders, Muslim Imams, and ten Jewish rabbis — underscore the evil of “the potential genocide of the Uyghurs and other Muslims in China” under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

While many persecutions and mass atrocities are occurring around the world, the plight of the Uyghurs is unique, the leaders insist, and if allowed to continue with impunity, it “calls into question most seriously the willingness of the international community to defend universal human rights for everyone.”